9. A quick tour of Tesla's electric car factory in California (video)

Because it is the factory of the future, where most of the workers are robots. See No. 1. Isaac Azimov's 50 year old predictions for 2014, and how he nailed the future of work, here it is. "We want to push the boundaries of what can be done by robots vs humans." Truly amazing. More: A quick tour of Tesla's electric car factory in California (video)

8. Why this woman says biking can save our economy

And for something completely different, Elly Blue talks Bikenomics, how much money you will save by riding a bike instead of driving a car, let alone a Tesla. How much good cyclists do for real people, let alone robots. Another vision of the world. More: Why this woman says biking can save our economy

7. How to build a permaculture suburb

What if we could create suburbs that are designed to function in harmony with their surroundings? Sami takes a look at one attempt in California. It's definitely more Elly Blue than Elon Musk. More: How to build a permaculture suburb

1. Isaac Asimov's 1964 predictions of life in 2014 are prescient

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Thinking back to that Tesla video, and Asimov's 1964 prediction:

The world of A.D. 2014 will have few routine jobs that cannot be done better by some machine than by any human being. Mankind will therefore have become largely a race of machine tenders... The lucky few who can be involved in creative work of any sort will be the true elite of mankind, for they alone will do more than serve a machine.